The corpus record

ῥᾰχ-ίζω

rachizo

cut through the spine

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Where it lives

Ajax 2 · 2.54/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k

What it meant — LSJ

cut through the spine, cleave in twain

cut through the spine, esp. in sacrifices (Hsch.), cleave in twain, of persons and animals, A. Pers. 426, S. Aj. 56, 299, E. Fr. 1105, Hippiatr. 22.

II play the braggart, boast

play the braggart, boast, Din. Fr. 80, Hsch.

In the wild

ἐρράχιζον · errachizon Aeschylus, Persians 424–425
κἀρράχιζε · karrachize Sophocles, Ajax 298–300
ῥαχίζων · rhachizōn Sophocles, Ajax 55

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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